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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BULLETIN 



Vol. XV. 



Issued Weekly 
JANUARY 7, 1918 



No. ig 



[Entered as second-class matter December 11, 1912, at the post office at Urbana, Illinois, 
under the Act of August 24, 191 2.] 



THE WAR COMMITTEE 



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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 




PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



The Governor of Illinois .-Ex Officio 

FRANK O. LOWDEN Springfield 

The President of the State Board of Agriculture Ex-Officio 

JAMES E. TAGGART Freeport 

The Superintendent of Public Instruction Ex-Officio 

FRANCIS G. BLAIR Springfield 

Term 
Expires 

John R. Trevett, Champaign.. 1919 

Cairo A. Trimble, Princeton 1919 

Florence E. Watson, Tuscola 1919 

Laura B. Evans, Taylorville 1921 

Robert F. Carr, Chicago.... 1921 

Robert R. Ward, Benton 1921 

William L. Abbott, 72 W. Adams Street, Chicago 1923 

Otis W. Hoit, Genesee 1923 

Mary E. Busey, Urbana 1923 

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD 

William L. Abbott, 72 W. Adams Street, Chicago President 

Harrison E. Cunningham, Urbana Secretary 

Edmund D. Hulbert, Chicago Treasurer 

Lloyd Morey, Urbana Acting Comptroller 



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Y/ ' PARTIAL LIST OF THE ACTIVITIES OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN THE WAR 

To January, 1918 

1. Military drill required of all freshmen and sophomores. 

2. Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University. 

3. i\Ien of all classes under military instruction about 1400. 

4. February, 1917, President offers facilities of University to the 

President of the United States throug'h the Governor of the 
State. 

5. Loss of students since declaration of war last April, more than 

1200. 

6. Number of faculty, students an.d alumni now in the service of their 

country in the war, 2582. 300 of them now abroad, and also 
200 medical arid dental students in the enlisted reserve. 

7. Illinois men largely in charge of construction of the military camps 

during the past six months. 

8. Classes organized last spring to furnish men to the ordnance and 

quartermaster's departments, about 120 students enrolled. 

9. Red Cross course given completed by 140 students. 

10. Ambulance unit sent to France. About $10,000 in money raised 
for ambulance support. 

IT. United States Government Army School of ]\Iilitary Aeronautics 
at the University. 

12. Food conservation. Professor Isabel Bevier spent two months 

assisting the Food Department in Washington. The exten- 
sion division of the Household Science Department has or- 
ganized a food conservation campaign. 

13. Belgian Relief. The ilrst service was about two months after the 

beginning of the war, with a donation of 50 boxes of clothing 
and $1500 in cash. Cash raised for Belgian relief $13625. 



14- Syrian and Armenian Relief, $5928.09. 

15. Red Cross subscriptions, approximately $3800. 

16. Y. M. C. A. War fund. $28,738. 

17. College of Agriculture ; Advising farmers concerning crops, etc., 

in the emergency. 

18. A number of special investigations of a confidential nature in 

connection with the war are under way. 

19. University Battery now in France. 



THE WAR COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY 

Honorary Chairmen 

Hon. Frank O. Lowden — Governor of the State. 

Dr. Edmund J. James — PresMent of the University. 

Hon. Samuel Insull- — Chairman lUinois State Council of Defense 

General Committee 

Vice President David Kinley — Chairman 

Dean Eugene Davenport 

Professor S. A. Forbes 

Professor F. H. Newell 

Professor S. P. S'herman 

Professor C. A. Ellis 

Professor C. M. Thompson 

The War Committee of the University of Illinois was appointed 
for these purposes : 

1. To give information about the war to the students and faculty 
of the University. 

2. To spread similar information among the people of the state 
by lectures and articles, and to furnish the press with news items. 

3. To publish war leaflets on topics of interest to the people of 
the state. 

4. To coordinate the work of the many organizations and indi- 
viduals now engaged in different lines of "war work" at the University. 

5. To raise and maintain a University service flag. 

6. To keep records of the University men and women in the 
government service, especially in the army and navy. 

7. To stimulate in every way interest in military work and in 
the war. 

By authority of the Board of Trustees a general committee of 
seven was appointed by the President of the University. 

This committee organized by selecting three honorary chairmen, 
who have consented to the use of their names, and by providing divi- 
sional committees as follows : 

Divisio nal Committees 
[For names of members of committees see pages 9 ff.] 
1. On the Publication of War Leaflets: 

The duty of this committee is to publish leaflets of from one to 

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four pages on subjects of importance concerning the war, for distribu- 
tion in large editions among the people of the state. Pamphlets of 
larger size may also be printed and distributed occasionally. The com- 
mittee has four divisions eadh with its own chairman, as follows: (a) 
Agriculture; (b) Food; (c) Politics, international law and history; 
(d) General topics. 

2. On Publicity: 

The duties of the committee on publicity are to gather and give 
to the newspapers, through the Associated Press and otherwise, all im- 
portant items of news about the work of the committees ; to secure 
from members of the faculty articles for publication in periodicals, and 
in every way to disseminate information on the activities of the com- 
mittee. The committee has two subdivisions: (a) News; (b) Periodi- 
cal articles. 

3. On Talks and Lectures at the University: 

The duty of this committee is to provide short talks and occasional 
lectures for the University as a whole and for separate groups and or- 
ganizations therein on subjects connected with the war. A^ group of 
sub-committees will be constituted by the member so f the committee, 
consisting of one faculty and one or more student members from the 
different student organizations. Each of these sub-committees is ex- 
pected to provide talks for one or more organizations from week to 
week or month to month. 

4. On Extension Lectures in the State: 

The duty of the committee is explained by its title. Members of 
the University faculty on the Farmers' Institute^programs will be ex- 
pected to. devote some part of their talks to war topics. Requests for 
war talks from public schools, teachers' associations and other educa- 
tional bodies wnll be supplied as far as possible. The third division of 
the committee will care for similar requests from Women's Clubs, 
Commercial'dubs, churches and other organizations and individuals. 

5. On Funds Collection : 

Beginning January i, 1918, all individuals or organizations desiring 
to canvass or to offer entertainments in the University for funds des- 
tined for purposes connected with the war, must submit to this commit- 
tee a request for approval so to canvass. The committee will issue cards 
of authorization. The committee will give advice as to the best time for 
soliciting so that campaigns to raise funds for different purposes will 

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not conflict. The committee may, if it sees lit, initiate a collection 
campaign for some appropriate war purpose. Authority to perform these 
services has been given by the Council of Administration. 

6. Or the University Program : 

The duty of this committee is to study the University class schedule, 
utihzation of rooms, courses offered, etc., with a view to determining 
whether a more efficient use can be made of our equipment and rooms, 
whether any condensation of courses offered seems advisable, and 
whether new short courses bearing on the war may be provided. The 
committee will make its recommendations or suggestions to the central 
committee which will then take the matter up with the proi)er Universit}- 
officers. 

7. On United States Savings Certificates and Loans : 

This committee is appointed to arouse interest in and promote the 
sale of United States savings certificates, liberty bonds and other loans 
of the Government in connection with the war. 

8. On Students' Cooperation: 

The duty of this committee is to bring about cooperation between 
the faculty and students in all things undertaken at the University with 
relation to the war. 

9. On the University Service Flag : 

The duty of this committee is to provide and raise with appropriate 
ceremonies, and later to maintain, a University service flag. 

10. On University War Service Records : 

Since the beginning of the war the Dean of Men has kept a record 
of the members of the University, past and present, who have entered 
or expect to enter the government service in connection with the war. 
The war committee, realizing that it could make no better provision 
for carrying on this work simply adopts Dean Clark's staif as its com- 
mittee on this work. To this Dean Clark has consented. The com- 
mittee therefore consists of Dean T. A. Clark and his staff on this work. 

11. On University War Empioyracnt : 

This committee secures information concerning the location, oc- 
cupation, qualifications and availability for service, of students, faculty 
and alumni, and keeps in touch with the various government depart- 
ments so that when individuals are needed for special work we may 
be able to recommend and place suitable members of the University. 

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This work, like that described under committee number lo, has been 
carried on from the beginning of the war, and has been done by the 
Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, Dean H. H. Jordan, 
Chairman. 

12. On Military Organization and Exhibitions.: 

The duty of this committee is to participate in a military way in 
occasional affairs planned by itself or in connection with the work of 
other committees. 

13. On Conservation and Economy : 

The duty of this committee is to influence the University commun- 
ity to economize as far as possible in their mode of living, materials 
consumed, etc. It is believed that the boarding houses, fraternities 
and sororities can be assisted to a more economical scheme of expendi- 
ture, and that there is room for economy in expenditures connected with 
public functions of the various University organizations. 

14. On Legal Advice to Drafted Men : 

Certain members of the law faculty have been appointed associate 
members of the Legal Advisory Board, Division No. i, Champaign 
County (including Urbana) and also associate members of Legal 
Advisory Board, Division No. 2, Champaign County (including Cham- 
paign) and are listed, with their consent, as one of the divisional war 
committees. 

The Selective Service Regulations issued by President Wilson, 
November 8, 191 7, provide for a classification of drafted men not yet 
called to the colors in order to determine as to each, — "the place in the 
military, industrial or agricultural ranks of the nation in which his ex- 
perience and training can best be made to serve the common good. This 
project involves an inquiry by the Selective Boards into the domestic, 
industrial and educational qualifications of nearly ten million men." 
For this purpose an elaborate questionnaire has been mailed to the 
registered men. A Legal Advisory Board, consisting of three members 
appointed by the President, together with associate members designated 
by the Boards themselves, is established in each registration locality 
whose duty is to give advice concerning rights and obligations under 
the Selective Draft Act and Regulations, and to assist registrants in 
making full and true answer to the questionnaire. Every registrant is 
expected, and by some Boards at least required, to confer with a mem- 
ber of an Advisory Board before he writes his answers. 



Divisional and Sub-Committees 

1. On the Publication of War Leaflets: 
Professor L. M. Larson, General Chairman. 

a. Agriculture : Professor J. C. Blair, Professor N. W. Hep- 

burn, Professor C. S. Crandall. 

b. Food ; Professor Isabel Bevier, Professor Howard B. Lewis, 

Professor W. C. Coffey, Professor L. H. Smith, Profes- 
sor Ruth Wheeler, Miss Luoile Wheeler, Dr. Lorinda 
Perry. 

c. Politics, International law and History : Professor J. W. 

Garner, Professor J. A. Fairlie, Professor J. M. Mathews, 
Professor E. L. Bogart, Professor A. T. Olmstead. 

d. General Topics: Professor H. J. Barton, Professor C. M. 

Moss, Professor T. E. Oliver. 

2. On Publicity : 

Mr. H. F. Harrington, Associate in Journalism, General Chairman; 
Mr. Carl Stephens, Professor H. F. Moore, I\Ir. W. H. 
Buschman. 

a. News : Mr. K. D. Pulcipher and stafT of The Daily lUini. 

b. Periodical Articles : Dr. B. E. Powell, Professor A. S. Pease. 

3. On Talks and Lectures at the Umversity: 

Professor Ernest Bernbaum, General Chairman ; Dean Fanny C. 
Gates, Dean A. R. Warnock, Professor D. K. Dodge. 

Sub-Committees : 

The following sub-committees of faculty and students have been 

appointed to promote interest in the series of war talks that are to be 

given before student organizations, and will arrange programs therefor : 

Social Fraternities : Lew R. Sarrett, chairman ; R. E. Foulke, 

R. C. Haas, C. Fairman. 
Sororities and House Units : Miss Clarissa Rinaker, chairman ; 

Rowena Kohl, Lucile Peirson, Beryl Love. 
Engineering Societies and Fraternities : Assistant Dean H. H. 
Joi^dan, chairman; H. C. Dieserud, D. B. Ohrum, H. E. Kel- 
ly, W. E. Bull, Logan Smith. 
Agricultural Clubs and Societies: J. H. Checkley, chairman; F. 
B. Manny, E. A. Bierbaum, W. H. Eichhorn. 

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Commerce Clubs and Fraternities; Professor H. T. Scovill, 
chairman ; George Salladin, Chester Kreidler, Robert A. 
Bryant. 

L. A. and S. Groui)s of Societies and Fraternities : Professor 
Jacob Zeith'n, chairman ; R. R. Thompson, McKinley Gardner, 

E. B. Vhet, P. N. Landis. 

]\Ien's Literary Societies, Law and PoHtical Clubs : Professor 
D. K. Dodge, chairman : G. V. Knight, T. G. Searle, R. FL 
Antoszewski, J. H. Armstrong, F. H. Fisk. 

Musical and Dramatic Interests : Professor J. L. Erb, chairman ; 

F. K. W. Drury. W. C. Langdon, Robert Bryant, C. E. Snell. 

Women's Organizations; (except social and religious): Miss 
Louise Freer, chairman ; Francelia Sargent, Iva Newburn, 
Eunice Badger, Ruth Lieber. 

Religious Associations : Dean A. R. Warnock, chairman ; R. C. 
Haas. Jennis E. Barry. 

4. On Extension Lectures in the State: 

Mr. R. E. Hieronynuis, General CJiairnian. 

a. Farmers' Institutes: Mr. A. W. Jamison, Miss ]\Iamie Bunch.. 

b. Public Schools and other educational bodies : Professor H. G. 

Paul, Professor H. A. Hollister. 

c. Other bodies : Professor E. C. Hayes. 

5. On Funds Collect ion : 

Professor E. H. Decker, General Chairman; Professor Kenneth 
McKenzie, Miss Francelia Sargent, President Women's 
League, Dr. W. L. Burlison, j\Ir. A. W. Gross, President of 
the Graduate Club, ]\Ir. Hugh W. Cross. 

6. On the University Progravi : 

Dean N. A. Weston, General Chairman; Assistant Dean H. H. 
Jordan, Assistant Dean H. V. Canter, Professor W. C. Cof- 
fey, Lieut. M. S. Mason, School of Military Aeronautics. 

7. On United Slates Savings Certificates and Loans: 

Dr. Charles L. Stewart, Generd Chairman; Professor 1^. F. ]\Ic- 
Farland, Professor N. C. Brooks. 

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8. On Students' Cooperation : 

Professor J. B. Shaw, General Chairman; Dr. G. D. Beal, Miss 
Ruth Lieber, Mr. R. H. Mallory, Mr. J. W. Dietz, Vice 
President Ilhnois Union. 

9. On the University Service Flag: 

Professor F. H. Newell, General Chairman, Professor C. S. Sale, 
Professor L. H. Provine, Dean A. R. Warnock, Miss Louise 
Freer. 

10. On University War Service Records: 
Dean T. A. Clark and staff. 

11. On University War Employment : 
Dean H. H. Jordan. 

12. On Military Organi::ation and Exhibitions : 

Major E. W. McCaskey, General Chairman, Cadet Col. C. Fair- 
man, Cadet Col. F. C. Kalthoff, Cadet Lt. Col. E. R. Brig- 
ham, Cadet Lt. Col. L. E. Yeager. 

13. On Conservation and Economy: 
Professor Henry B. Ward, General Chairman. 

General Committee : 

Professor Henry B. Ward, Chairman; Professor Maurice 
H. Robinson, Professor Arthur C. Willard, Miss M. E. Par- 
sons, Mr. John A. Stevenson. 

a. Finances of Organizations ; 

Professor Maurice H. Robinson, Chairman ; Mr. A. C. Lit- 
tleton, M. R. E. Foulke, Mr. G. E. Salladin, Mr. J. L. Klein. 

b. Coal : 

Professor Arthur C. Willard, Chairman ; Mr. Russell S. 
White, Mr. A. D. Halliwell, Mr. L. M. Winters. Mr. L. L. 
Horen. 

c. Food : 

Miss M. E. Parsons, Chairman ; Professor E. A. White, Miss 
Lillian Woerman, Mr. L. L. Smith. 

d. Entertainments : 

Mr. John A. Stevenson, Chairman; Dr. J. E. Miller, Mr. W. 
E. Hayne, Miss Helene Doty, Miss Edna C. Vail. 

14. On Legal Advice to Drafted Men: 

Dean Henry W. Ballantine, General Chairman, Professor Charles 
E. Carpenter, Professor Edward H. Decker, Professor Fred- 
erick Green, Professor W. G. Hale, Professor John Norton 
Pomeroy. 

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